WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a subsidiary of Broadcasting Board of Governors, issued the following news release: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has received the 2019 Edward R. Murrow Award for Multimedia in the Television Network category by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). The award was received by Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Daisy Sindelar during the annual RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala in New York on October 14. RFE/  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the text of the following remarks by Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams at the 2019 APTA Transform Conference: "Nuria was one of the first transit general managers I met when I began my tenure at FTA two years ago. She has a unique understanding of the importance of a strong partnership between the industry and FTA, having previously served as an FTA acting administrator. Under her current lead  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) willful and serious citations against Tony Watson - doing business as Countryside Tree Service - were affirmed by an administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. OSHA issued its citations after an employee died after being pulled into a wood  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 14 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: * * * - Traveling with bikes and extra bags now more convenient between New York and Pittsburgh * * * As part of a collaborative ongoing effort, Amtrak and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) have introduced a checked bicycle service on the Amtrak Pennsylvanian (https://www.amtrak.com/pennsylvanian-train), which operates daily between New York- Ph  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data released the September 2019 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows an uptick in the short-term and a decline in medium-term inflation expectations. Expectations about household income and spending growth remained stable, while expectations about year-ahead credit availability improved. Home price growth expectations retreated for  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-128): AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and EVRAZ Inc., NA, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Timothy C. Stanceu, Chief Judge Court Nos. 19-00082 & 19-00088 OPINION [Dismissing actions for lack of subject matter jurisdiction] Timothy C. Brightbill, Laura El-Sabaawi, and Tessa V. Capeloto, Wiley Rein LLP, of Washington, D.C., for plaintiff  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-132): CSC SUGAR LLC, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Leo M. Gordon, Judge Court No. 17-00215 OPINION [Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Judgment on the Agency Record] Jeffrey S. Neeley and Michael Klebanov, Husch Blackwell, LLP, of Washington, DC for Plaintiff CSC Sugar LLC. Alexander O. Canizares, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Depa  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-133): NATIONAL NAIL CORP., Plaintiff, and SHANDONG ORIENTAL CHERRY HARDWARE GROUP CO., LTD., Consolidated Plaintiff , v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Richard K. Eaton, Judge Consol. Court No. 16-00052 JUDGMENT Before the court is the United States Department of Commerce's ("Commerce") second remand redetermination ("Remand Results"), ECF No. 87-1, issued pursuant to the court's  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Oct. 16 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: During her summer breaks from college in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Andrea Benoit traded her flip-flops for steel-toed boots as a member of a highway construction crew. For five consecutive summers while pursuing her undergraduate degree at Boston College, Benoit returned to her home state of Rhode Island and worked 10-hour days as a highway flagger, safely ushering traffic through construc  more

GOWANDA, New York, Oct. 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: After completing all work to address contamination at the Peter Cooper Superfund Site in Gowanda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deleted the site from the National Priorities List, which is the federal Superfund list of the most contaminated hazardous waste sites. "Deleting this site is the final step in the Superfund cleanup process, and we are pleased that we were able add  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released results of a survey of senior financial officers at banks about their strategies and practices for managing reserve balances. The Senior Financial Officer Survey is used by the Board to obtain information about deposit pricing and behavior, bank liability management, the provision of financial services, and reserve management strategies and practices. The most recent   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against real estate firm ATLANTIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC ("ATLANTIC"), and its principal, PETER FINE, for engaging in a pattern or practice of violations of the accessible design and construction requ  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter Lopez, Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), announced today that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against MARK FORD, MARK FORD STABLES, INC., MARK FORD STAGE ROAD PROPERTY, INC., and FORD EQUINE, LTD. (collectively, "Def  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * - New Climate Action Award Announced for 2020 * * * Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum held its 20th annual National Design Awards Gala in New York City last evening, honoring design excellence and innovation in 12 categories. The Director's Award, which was revealed live, was presented to Mark Chambers, director of sustainability for the City of New York. This year's gala included the announce  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks by President and CEO John C. Williams at the Managed Funds Association outlook: "When I give a closing keynote I try to bear in mind that you've been listening for hours to complex and technical material. I wish I could say that I'm here to offer some light relief, but, alas, no. "The topic I'm going to address this afternoon is both complex and technical. It's the recent turmoil in the repo markets and the   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks by Michael Held, executive vice president and general counsel, to the U.S.-Middle East North Africa private sector dialogue conference: "I'm Michael Held, an Executive Vice President and the General Counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York./1 "I would like to welcome you to the New York Fed and to our latest US-MENA (Middle East North Africa) Private Sector Dialogue Conference entitled "The Challenge   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Grant C. Jaquith, issued the following news release: * * * - Previously Convicted of Tax Evasion in 2004 * * * A former Auburn, New York, business owner pled guilty today in federal court in Syracuse to filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department's Tax Division and United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith. Timothy Blackman, age 4  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Hernandez Participated in the Importation of Almost 200,000 Kilograms of Cocaine, Used Heavily Armed Security including Members of the Honduran National Police, and Coordinated Two Drug-Related Murders * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Wendy C. Woolcock, the Special Agent in Charge of the Spe  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - $150,000 in Bribes Demanded from an Employer in Exchange for Not Representing Union Members' Interests * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GLENN BLICHT, the former president of a labor union (the "Union"), pled guilty today to violating the Taft-Hartley Act by demanding and accepting  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Raymond R. Pellegrino, a chiropractor with offices in West Hempstead and Hicksville, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 18 months' imprisonment for committing health care fraud. The Court also ordered Pellegrino to forfeit $504,444 and to pay restitution of   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: Joseph Guida, an employee of New York City Department of Environmental Protection, pleaded guilty today to using a stash house in Mastic, Long Island to produce ecstasy (MDMA) and grow marijuana. The plea was entered before United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack at the federal courthouse in Central Islip. When sentenced, Guida faces up to 20 years i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Grant C. Jaquith, issued the following news release: * * * - Nationwide, DOJ Awards Over $273 Million to Improve Public Safety, Serve Crime Victims in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities * * * The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women and support youth programs in American In  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced that TURKIYE HALK BANKASI A.S., a/k/a "Halkbank," was charged   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service today announced $4,313,407.02 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to help protect 782.86 acres of significant battlefields in Kentucky, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia threatened with damage or destruction by suburban development. "Through public-private partnerships, local c  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 16 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: Offshore mussel farm sites need to have the right temperature, food availability, and the right currents. According to a study by researchers at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center, several suitable locations can be found off the Northeastern U.S. Their findings, published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, suggest that the most promising locations for musse  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign press center briefing: MODERATOR: Let's go ahead and get started then. MR CARSTENS: Okay, let's do it. MODERATOR: Great. So I just wanted to welcome everyone to the Washington Foreign Press Center. Thank you so much for joining us this afternoon and thank you to our colleagues in New York. We are pleased today to have Roger Carstens, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. He will b  more

UPTON, New York, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have garnered two out of five "Distinguished Scientists Fellow" awards announced today by the DOE's Office of Science. Theoretical physicist Sally Dawson, a world-leader in calculations aimed at describing the properties of the Higgs boson, and Jose Rodriguez, a renowned chemist explorin  more

KINGS POINT, New York, Oct. 16 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: Midshipmen members of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Newman Club recently traveled to Emmitsburg, Md., for the Annual Pilgrimage of the Sea Services. The Newman Club, named after Saint John Henry Newman, who was canonized a saint just this past weekend, is USMMA's Catholic Club. The pilgrimage, was held at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann   more